Reality Check—Coronavirus: Donald Trump’s Katrina James Campion March 24, 2020 Columns, Reality Check Stop me if you heard this before: Unpopular Republican president that citizens generally view as incompetent is confronted with a crisis and bungles it… badly. Yeah, 2005, August, George W. Bush. Hurricane Kat...
Reality Check– THE LAZARUS WEEK: Joe Biden Rises from Political Oblivion to Become Democratic Front Runner in One Insane Week James Campion March 10, 2020 Reality Check What transpired on Super Tuesday 2020 is by far the most stunning political comeback I have ever witnessed. Former Vice President Joe Biden nearly swept through the fourteen states like a firestorm, many of...
Reality Check–Reader Responses James Campion March 3, 2020 Reality Check I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you again to all the people who reached out to send condolences and kind words about my late father, James Vincent Campion, who died last October. When I began wr...
Reality Check–FASCISM 101: The Swift Erosion of Democracy in Living Color James Campion February 24, 2020 Reality Check “Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultra-nationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and of the economy.” —Wikipedia ...
Reality Check–THE BERNIE PROBLEM? Democratic Primaries Kick Off with Chaos & Fear James Campion February 18, 2020 Reality Check The shit show that is the Iowa Caucuses draped a pall of calamity on the start of the 2020 election season. After three years of a mentally-challenged racist goofball in the White House, sixty-percent of the n...
Reality Check–THE GHOSTS OF HATE & FREEDOM: In Praise of Jojo Rabbit, The Best Film I Have Seen in a Decade James Campion February 10, 2020 Columns, Reality Check “We have to dance to show God we are grateful for being alive.” The power of satire, when done fearlessly, unapologetically, and with a sense of artistic duty laid out through the centuries by such masters ...
Reality Check–Reader Responses James Campion February 4, 2020 Columns, Reality Check I believe that Trump’s incredible miscalculation of Syria will lead to terrible consequences in Iraq and also Iran. (PRESIDENT TERRORIST – Issue: 10/23/19) For a man who applies zero forethought to anything, h...
Reality Check–IMPEACHMENT FOLLIES: Another Element of Governing Where No One Wins James Campion January 29, 2020 Reality Check Impeachment is hard. There have only been three in the nearly 244 years of this nation’s existence. Considering the rogue’s gallery of insipid fuck-ups that have served as president, that means you really h...
Reality Check–CHEATERS PROSPER: A Guide for Our Children James Campion January 22, 2020 Columns, Reality Check This past week a Major League Baseball investigation concluded that the 2017 Houston Astros cheated to win the World Series. They stole signs that catchers put down to let the pitcher know which pitch he shoul...
Reality Check–AMERICA ALONE: Welcome to the New Age of Isolation, Apathy & Defeat James Campion January 15, 2020 Columns, Reality Check I’m not sure what you would call this Trump Doctrine. Is it foreign policy? Not sure it would make the cut of any “policy,” per se. Seems like most of this presidency’s maneuvers are knee-jerk, ad-hoc, half-as...
